At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Poet
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Qadi of the Hanafis of Egypt, Shams al-Din Ibn al-Shihna al-Halabi — the imam, scholar, poet and marvel, scion of great scholars; of his verse: 'I told him, when he kept our tryst — no treason in my heart for other than he — and he lavished union upon his face till he rose above every beloved and surpassed.' He died in Muharram 890, aged eighty-five. 1
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 349-350
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islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din ibn al-Shihna, Hanafi qadi of Egypt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-shihna-shams/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.